Painting Doctor Jinhua

Xiao Jinyu took a step forward and replied, "It's me!"

"Why did you report to the police?" the man asked again.

Xiao Jinyu pointed at the assassins hanging on the trees and said, "These people have been hunting us down for nearly a month. Please help me investigate and interrogate them to find out who is trying to kill me."

Xiao Jiuniang's face changed again. She was panicked and seemed to be confused. She rushed over and said, "She is talking nonsense. These people are just bandits who robbed people of their money. Just kill them. Why do we need to interrogate them? It is these few people who are colluding with each other and talking nonsense here to disturb the people's hearts."

"Oh!" Li Mi couldn't help laughing again, thinking, I really have never seen such a young lady who can confuse right and wrong and bite people randomly, so he didn't hesitate any more, took out a jade pendant from his waist, showed it in front of the Tiqi, and said, "I am Li Mi from the Li family of Zhaojun, and the one next to me is Cui Heng from the Cui family of Boling. We were invited by your southern clans to come to Jiankang to participate in the elegant gathering. Just now, I just couldn't bear to see this young lady named Xiao Jinyu's reputation being tarnished, so I couldn't help but argue with her. What's the matter? Could it be that the court of the South doesn't allow people to say a few words, and those who are kind will stand up for the injustice?"

As soon as Li Mi finished speaking, Xiao Jiuniang's face turned even paler. She couldn't help but feel her legs go limp and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, the maid beside her was quick-witted and helped her up.

Princess Ningyuan on the side was looking at Li Mi and Cui Heng thoughtfully.

"So you are the young master of the Li family and the young master of the Cui family who have come from afar. I am Zong Yuan, the governor of Jiankang. I am sorry for the impoliteness." The official bowed and said with a flattering smile.

Li Mi smiled awkwardly, raised his hand and pointed at the people hanging on the tree and Xiao Jiuniang beside them. His eyes meant that since you understand what's going on, why don't you solve this matter quickly.

Zong Yuan glanced at Princess Ningyuan from the corner of his eye. She seemed to be hesitant. He then glanced at Cui Heng with a wry smile. Cui Heng said, "Yes, we came here because we saw something unfair. Young Master Zhao loves to punish evil and promote good, and he fights for the weak. He did say a few words for Miss Xiao Jinyu just now."

Seeing that Princess Ningyuan did not react, Zong Yuan raised his hand, called the officials behind him, and said loudly: "If that is the case... send all the murderers hanging on the tree to the court prison for strict interrogation!"

"Yes!"

A group of officials came with guns, wondering how to catch the man hanging on the tree. At this moment, several flying bullets popped out from nowhere and shot towards the ropes that bound the dead man.

Seven or eight black-clad warriors fell to the ground, but just as the officers stepped forward to detain them, unexpectedly one of them suddenly jumped up, snatched the spear from one of the officers, turned around and stabbed Xiao Jinyu. Fortunately, Fenghuang was quick-eyed and quick-handed, and stood in front of Xiao Jinyu, clamped the spear with just two fingers, then raised his foot and kicked the warrior in the stomach. The warrior crashed into a big tree behind him like a sandbag, and rolled down like a rag bag.

Zong Yuan suddenly opened his eyes wide and was stunned!

"Why are you still standing there? Why don't you arrest these murderers? Otherwise, are you waiting for them to kill a few more people?"

The people who were watching were so frightened that they scattered like birds and beasts. It was only after Li Mi shouted that the soldiers stepped forward with their guns and put them against the throats of the assassins. One of the soldiers stepped forward and tore off the cloth on the face of the assassin. But at this moment, the assassin seemed to look in the direction of Xiao Jiuniang, then immediately retracted his gaze and looked at Xiao Jinyu with his eyes fixed!

"not good--"

When Fenghuang saw that the assassin had a strange look on his face, she immediately shouted and tried to stop him, but it was too late. The assassin's face turned pale and a mouthful of black blood overflowed from his mouth which was originally stuffed with rags!

Li Mi and Cui Heng, who were still present, were also shocked when they saw this and were unable to utter a word.

"Quickly stop the others!"

Fenghuang shouted again, and the soldiers rushed towards the other assassins. However, after a moment, the eight assassins roared as if they had made an appointment beforehand, and then fell to the ground stiffly!

This scene made the officers and soldiers present stunned. They were too frightened to step forward. It was only when one of the older officers mustered up the courage to check their breathing that he concluded, "Dead! All dead!"

"How come they are all dead?" Zong Yuan couldn't help but sigh, "Did you see who killed them just now?"

"No……"

"I do not have either……"

People in the crowd shook their heads, some left in panic, and among the retreating crowd, no one noticed that a veiled woman had a smile on her lips. As the crowd dispersed, she disappeared in the chaotic footsteps.

"Young lady, what do you think we should do now?" Zong Yuan actually turned his inquiring eyes to Xiao Jinyu.

Xiao Jinyu smiled and said, "The handling of the case is the business of the government office. How dare I interfere?"

"Oh, if that's what the young lady said..." He waved his sleeves and shouted, "Take these murderers to prison and torture them severely!"

"Sir, the person is already dead, how can we interrogate him?" an official asked timidly.

Zong Yuan coughed lightly and said impatiently, "Then ask the coroner to come! Perform an autopsy! Quick! Take him away!"

All the officials answered in unison, "Yes!" and left in a mighty procession, two of them dragging a corpse!

Li Mi couldn't help but exclaimed, "Hey!" He felt it was a little unbelievable: "Is this how the government in the South handles cases?" After saying that, he pulled Cui Heng aside and said, "Let's go! Ziyuan, it's time to visit that big shot!"

But he couldn't pull him up no matter what he did. He turned around and saw Cui Heng staring at Xiao Jinyu intently. He was quite embarrassed and shouted "Ziyuan!" until he woke up.

"I'm sorry, I just saw that the young lady's behavior and demeanor are different from ordinary people, and I was distracted for a moment!" Cui Heng bowed to Xiao Jinyu.

Xiao Jinyu also calmly returned the greeting: "Mr. Cui, thank you for your compliment!" But she was a little excited in her heart:

She remembered Cui Heng and Cui Ziyuan. When Emperor Wu of Liang was in power, Cui Ziyuan, who was only fifteen years old, came to Southern Liang to participate in Buddhist lectures and debates. His quick wit and attainments in calligraphy and painting were comparable to hers at the time.

At this moment, Cui Heng looked at Xiao Jinyu and seemed to see another person through her. His expression was quite sad and desolate. Suddenly, he smiled faintly and said, "Take care, young lady. Cui is leaving!"

The two were about to leave when Li Mi suddenly turned around, looked at Xiao Jinyu and asked with a smile, "Young lady, have you reached the age of marriage? Are you married?"

When he asked this question loudly, people walking on the roadside stopped one after another. Even Xiao Jiuniang and a group of nuns from aristocratic families who were hiding nearby poked their heads out and looked around curiously.

Then he said, "If you are still unmarried, how about I ask a matchmaker to come to your Xiao family to propose marriage in a few days?"

"Hey, this is a rare thing. I've never seen anyone so brazenly shouting in the street that he wants to propose to a young lady!"

"Yes! I heard that he is the son of the Li family in Zhaojun, which is a first-class noble family!"

Li Mi squinted his eyes and looked at Xiao Jinyu, as if waiting to see how she would answer. At this moment, even Xiao Xian's expression changed slightly, and Feng Dong rubbed his eyes, as if he couldn't believe it.

"Yonghe, what are you doing?" Cui Heng couldn't help but secretly pull his sleeve and whispered.

But at this moment, Xiao Jinyu replied calmly and slowly: "Okay!"

OK?

So you agreed so easily?

Yes, yes! That was the young master of the Zhaojun Li family. The Zhaojun Li family was one of the most prestigious families in the north. The now declining Lanling Xiao family was not qualified to take the initiative to marry him, not to mention that he was an abandoned girl of unknown identity.

But now it is the young master of the Li family who has taken the initiative to propose marriage, only a fool would not agree, right?

Xiao Jiuniang stomped her feet in hatred.

At this moment, even Fenghuang looked at Xiao Jinyu in surprise.

"Brother Qing, you really..."

But at this moment, everyone heard Xiao Jinyu add with a smile: "If Mr. Li doesn't mind marrying into the family..."

"Whoosh whoosh!"

When these words were spoken, not only Li Mi, but all the bystanders were dumbfounded!

"Is this what a young lady said?"

"What is she talking about? Marrying into the family?" Xiao Jiuniang gnashed her teeth and said angrily, "This slut, is she going to come to my Xiao family to fight for the family property, and also want to marry into the family?"

"Madam, please keep your voice down, keep your voice down, don't let anyone hear us!" The maid who was taking care of her was so frightened that her hair stood on end.

"Hahaha..." In a brief and stifling silence, a man's loud laughter suddenly came. It turned out that Feng Dong couldn't hold back his laughter anymore, so he laughed out loud.

"What a funny young lady!" He couldn't help but praise her while laughing. At this moment, even Xiao Xian, who was usually very reserved, couldn't help laughing.

Seeing that everyone was laughing, Li Mi didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He pointed at Xiao Jinyu and said, "Hey? Girl, I just helped you, and this is how you repay me?"

"Yes. Mr. Li is a chivalrous man who helped me just now!" Xiao Jinyu still calmly met Li Mi's gaze and said, then instructed the boy beside him, "Phoenix, please make a note of Mr. Li in my record of grudges!"

"Yes!" Fenghuang answered, taking out a small piece of book from his sleeve and starting to write.

Li Mi was dumbfounded again: "You still...really remember it! Favors? Revenges? Records?" His eyes were fixed on the small book in Fenghuang's hand.